Flooding Fears Ease in Fargo, N.D.

Concern that a late-season snow melt could cause serious flooding in Fargo, N.D., has eased as a key river is forecast to crest well short of record levels on Wednesday.

Flooding has been a problem across the Midwest and Great Plains this spring as a wet April swelled rivers from Michigan to Missouri, causing hundreds of evacuations and shutting down barge traffic along the Mississippi River.